The Great Airport Mystery (1930) - Plot & Excerpts
The classic boy detectives by Frank Dixon--I read ALL of them in my younger years, one I ran out of Nancy Drew books. The Hardy Boys are brother amateur detectives, aspiring to follow in their famous father's footsteps. Frank Hardy is the elder of the two and has dark hair. Joe Hardy is the younger brother, and has blond hair and blue eyes. The stories are an unaging series, in which Frank and Joe are always 18 and 17 years of age, respectively. In the original series the brothers were a younger 16 and 15 years of age, but their ages were increased during the revision process that began in 1959. The series utilizes a "floating timeline", in which events always take place in the present day.The two boys live in the fictional city of Bayport (on Barmet Bay) with their famous father, Fenton Hardy, a private detective formerly with the New York Police Department, their mother Laura Hardy (erroneously called Mildred in The Flying Express), and their Aunt Gertrude, a character often used for comic relief.
I got my hands on one of the originals from the 1930's, which is great, but also confusing if you've been reading reprints, lets just say there is some major differences between the originals and the reprints. One, in this book Frank and Joe have never been on a plane before. (Reprints have them taking several planes in previous books) The cabin island mystery is mentioned in this book, but instead of medals, it was stamps that were stolen and zero mention of the missing grandson. Also, in the originals, Chief Collig is not a Hardy friend as he is in the reprints. Last, but not least, Snuff is not only a detective, but Collig's right hand man, in the reprints Snuff is a walking joke of the whole dept including Collig.Now to this book, it was great, terrifying and thrilling from the first chapter.
What do You think about The Great Airport Mystery (1930)?
Entry 1- The protagonists are teh Hardys and Chet. The antagonists are Peterson, Zimm, Lieber, Rodney, Bush Barney, an ex-convict, Anchor, and Rodax.Entry 2- THe setting s wherever the case leads the detectives. The theme is don't believe someeone is dead without proof. The point of view is third- personEntry 3-They take on the case from Mr. Allen, Head of Stanwide Mining Company, to fing out how things were going missing seemingly out of thin air. The ghost of Clint Hill Leads the boys to uncover the theft led by Peterson and Bush Barney.
—Jeremiah
